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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OI' II.ORIDA. 



Family PIIALAROPODID^. Phalaropes. 



C'rymophilus fuHcarius ( fool 



Ciiniopliilus fulicarius. 



Length, 7.50; Wing-, 4.40: Hill, .90: Tarsus. .85. 

 Upper parts gray ; neck marked with rufous ; 

 under parts white. Phalaropus lobatus. 



Northern Phalarope. See page 270 



Famua' RECURVIROSTRID.E. Avocets and Stilts. 



Recurvirostia americaiia. 



Lengtli. 17.50: Wing. S. 75: Tarsus, 3 70 : IJill. 3.60. 

 Bill curved upwards — very slender: middle 

 l)ack. rump and belly white: legs bluish; head 

 and neck rufous in summer, gray in winter. 



Length, 15: Wing, 8.75: Tarsus, 3.90: Bill, 2.60. 

 Forehead, l)ill .straight; a spot behind the eye, 

 and under ]iarts white; rest of head, back, and 

 wings black ; legs pink red. 



Recurvi rostra americana. 

 American Avocet. .See page 271 



Himantopus mexicanus. 

 Black-necked Stilt. See page 272 



